Apocalypto (2006)
R
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Action,
Adventure,
Drama |
8 December 2006
(USA)
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to
prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar
Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.
Director: Mel Gibson
Writers: Mel Gibson,
Farhad Safinia
Stars: Gerardo Taracena,
Raoul Max Trujillo,
Dalia Hernández
Story line
In the Maya civilization, a peaceful tribe is brutally attacked by warriors seeking slaves and human beings for sacrifice for their gods. Jaguar Paw hides his pregnant wife and his son in a deep hole nearby their tribe and is captured while fighting with his people. An eclipse spares his life from the sacrifice and later he has to fight to survive and save his beloved family.Apocalypto Movie Reviews
Though
I had no interest in the subject, I took a risk and just came back from
seeing Mel Gibson's new flick and it is an exciting adventure which
engages from the start with touches of humor that allow us to relate to
the characters rather than hold them at a distance.
The accusation that it portrays the people unfairly has no merit. Both sides of human nature doubtless existed in each culture from the start. Look at The Fast Runner - a movie about a much smaller aboriginal community in which we see no matter how small your clan is someone will be a criminal and all soap opera elements will be represented.
Rudy Youngblood especially stands out here as the hero. Reading the subtitles will add comic relief to your screening, but the story itself plays visually. Again more is made of the violence than there should be. There is violence but it moves the story along and generates suspense.
I would give it a ten except that I understand IMDb sometimes discounts the tens and ones. Even if you had political reasons you did not like The Passion - or Braveheart for that matter - if you like a good motion picture Apocalypto is a good bet.
The accusation that it portrays the people unfairly has no merit. Both sides of human nature doubtless existed in each culture from the start. Look at The Fast Runner - a movie about a much smaller aboriginal community in which we see no matter how small your clan is someone will be a criminal and all soap opera elements will be represented.
Rudy Youngblood especially stands out here as the hero. Reading the subtitles will add comic relief to your screening, but the story itself plays visually. Again more is made of the violence than there should be. There is violence but it moves the story along and generates suspense.
I would give it a ten except that I understand IMDb sometimes discounts the tens and ones. Even if you had political reasons you did not like The Passion - or Braveheart for that matter - if you like a good motion picture Apocalypto is a good bet.
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